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2022 Workshops

The Eastern Workshop: Using Cognitive Approaches with People Who Stutter

Dates: June 13-18, 2022

Location: Boston University

Objective: This one-week course will provide speech-language pathologists with an introduction to Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) and Solution Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT) in relation to the assessment and treatment of stuttering. Therapists will also be equipped to deliver Palin PCIT (Parent-Child Interaction Therapy), an evidence based therapy programme for young children who stutter.

Workshop Faculty: Elaine Kelman, MSc, Cert CT, Cert MRCSLT, and Ali Berquez, MSc, BA (Hons), CertMRCSLT, Michael Palin Centre for Stammering Children

Conference Coordinator: Diane Parris Constantino, M.S., CCC-SLP, Boston University

IMPORTANT DEADLINE: All applications must be received via mail at the post office box no later than March 31, 2022

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Treating Children and Adolescents Who Stutter POSTPONED

Co-sponsored by The Stuttering Foundation, the University of Maryland, College Park, and The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia

Dates: TBA

Location: College Park, MD

Objective: To provide speech-language pathologists with skills and practice to assess disfluency and to effectively treat stuttering in children and adolescents.

Workshop Faculty: Joseph Donaher, Ph.D., CCC-SLP, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, and Vivian Sisskin, M.S., CCC-SLP, University of Maryland, College Park

IMPORTANT DEADLINE: TBA

The Stuttering Foundation Iowa Workshop for Faculty Development:

Designing Coursework and Clinical Experiences in the Nature & Treatment of Stuttering POSTPONED

Co-sponsored by The Stuttering Foundation and The University of Iowa

Dates: TBA

Location: Iowa City, IA

Objective: This four-day workshop will provide faculty and graduating doctoral students with practical strategies for developing undergraduate and graduate courses and clinical experiences in stuttering for students in Communication Sciences and Disorders degree programs.

Workshop Faculty: Vivian Sisskin, M.S., CCC-SLP, University of Maryland; Jennifer Watson, Ph.D., CCC-SLP, Texas Christian University; and Patricia Zebrowski, Ph.D., CCC-SLP, University of Iowa.

IMPORTANT DEADLINE: TBA

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CELEBRITY FOCUS

Jack Paar

While Jack Paar is among the most prominent of the entertainers on the Stuttering Foundation’s list of Famous People Who Stutter, he deserves special recognition as he was among the first to openly address his stuttering in public. As host of The Tonight Show from 1957-1962, he spoke of his difficulties as a stuttering child and teenager, giving hope to young people.

Byron Pitts

Byron Pitts has brought much attention to stuttering with his memoir, Step Out on Nothing: How Faith and Family Helped Me Conquer Life’s Challenges, released in September, 2009. The book not only details his speech difficulties, but also his illiteracy until age 12 and his unstable family life. Pitts overcame the odds to become the chief national correspondent with ABC News.

Ken Venturi

As much of the nation watches the U.S. Open Golf Championship, it is impossible not to think about our late friend Ken Venturi. Ken overcame many challenges to win the Open at Congressional in 1964 and go on to become the voice of golf for more than three decades.

However, Ken faced no bigger obstacle than stuttering. Ken Venturi was a champion to those who stutter, going out of his way to share his personal experience when consulted by a colleague, friend, or child who stutters.

Winston Churchill

Seeking to "remove Winston Churchill's stutter by second guessing the diagnosis" indicates neither a truthful retelling of history nor an informed opinion about a complex speech disorder, say experts in the field of speech-language pathology.

Recent news reports that quote Dr. John Mather, a Washington physician, as saying that Churchill's stutter "is a lie" brought adamant critical response from specialists in the field of stuttering and fluency disorders.

Carly Simon

Carly Simon began stuttering severely when she was eight years old.